Table 4.11.10
Gender of university graduates, by level of study and type of program, Alberta, 2004/2005 and 2005/2006

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Female
2004/2005 2005/2006
% %
Bachelor's and other undergraduate degrees 61.6 61.9
Health programs1 83.6 84.6
Health services / allied health / health sciences, general 0.0 0.0
Chiropractic 0.0 0.0
Communication disorders sciences and services 0.0 0.0
Dentistry 50.0 53.8
Advanced / graduate dentistry and oral sciences 0.0 0.0
Dental support services and allied professions 100.0 100.0
Health and medical administrative services 0.0 0.0
Allied health and medical assisting services 0.0 0.0
Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions 100.0 100.0
Clinical / medical laboratory science and allied professions 100.0 100.0
Health / medical preparatory programs 0.0 0.0
Medical scientist 0.0 0.0
Mental and social health services and allied professions 75.0 83.3
Nursing 93.9 94.6
Optometry 0.0 0.0
Ophthalmic and optometric support services and allied professions 0.0 0.0
Osteopathic medicine / osteopathy 0.0 0.0
Pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences and administration 70.6 72.7
Podiatric medicine / podiatry 0.0 0.0
Public health 63.6 60.0
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 85.4 84.0
Occupational therapy / therapist 92.0 85.7
Physical therapy / therapist 78.3 77.3
Other rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 0.0 0.0
Health aides / attendants / orderlies 0.0 0.0
Medical illustration and informatics 0.0 0.0
Dietetics and clinical nutrition services 0.0 0.0
Bioethics / medical ethics 0.0 0.0
Alternative and complementary medicine and medical systems 0.0 0.0
Alternative and complementary medical support services 0.0 0.0
Somatic bodywork and related therapeutic services 0.0 0.0
Movement and mind-body therapies 0.0 0.0
Energy-based and biologically-based therapies 0.0 0.0
Health professions and related clinical sciences, other 0.0 0.0
Dental residency programs 0.0 0.0
Physicians2 49.4 50.0
Medicine 49.4 50.0
Medical residency programs 0.0 0.0
Selected health-related programs 72.1 73.8
Psychology 77.6 77.4
Clinical psychology 0.0 0.0
Counselling psychology 0.0 0.0
Clinical child psychology 0.0 0.0
Health / medical psychology 0.0 0.0
Other psychology 77.6 77.4
Social work 89.1 92.3
Health and physical education / fitness 57.2 59.8
All other programs3 56.8 56.7
Master's degree 50.9 53.2
Health programs1 80.2 84.1
Health services / allied health / health sciences, general 0.0 0.0
Chiropractic 0.0 0.0
Communication disorders sciences and services 100.0 92.3
Dentistry 0.0 0.0
Advanced / graduate dentistry and oral sciences 0.0 0.0
Dental support services and allied professions 0.0 0.0
Health and medical administrative services 0.0 0.0
Allied health and medical assisting services 0.0 0.0
Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions 0.0 0.0
Clinical / medical laboratory science and allied professions 0.0 0.0
Health / medical preparatory programs 0.0 0.0
Medical scientist 28.6 57.1
Mental and social health services and allied professions 0.0 0.0
Nursing 94.1 97.8
Optometry 0.0 0.0
Ophthalmic and optometric support services and allied professions 0.0 0.0
Osteopathic medicine / osteopathy 0.0 0.0
Pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences and administration 0.0 0.0
Podiatric medicine / podiatry 0.0 0.0
Public health 83.3 70.0
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 80.0 80.8
Occupational therapy / therapist 100.0 66.7
Physical therapy / therapist 50.0 82.6
Other rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 0.0 0.0
Health aides / attendants / orderlies 0.0 0.0
Medical illustration and informatics 0.0 0.0
Dietetics and clinical nutrition services 0.0 0.0
Bioethics / medical ethics 0.0 0.0
Alternative and complementary medicine and medical systems 0.0 0.0
Alternative and complementary medical support services 0.0 0.0
Somatic bodywork and related therapeutic services 0.0 0.0
Movement and mind-body therapies 0.0 0.0
Energy-based and biologically-based therapies 0.0 0.0
Health professions and related clinical sciences, other 0.0 0.0
Dental residency programs 0.0 0.0
Physicians2 57.1 64.0
Medicine 0.0 0.0
Medical residency programs 57.1 64.0
Selected health-related programs 78.9 88.2
Psychology 82.9 90.7
Clinical psychology 0.0 0.0
Counselling psychology 90.0 100.0
Clinical child psychology 0.0 0.0
Health / medical psychology 0.0 0.0
Other psychology 83.3 87.1
Social work 79.2 87.5
Health and physical education / fitness 53.8 75.0
All other programs3 44.0 44.8
Doctorate 46.9 44.9
Health programs1 57.9 60.0
Health services / allied health / health sciences, general 0.0 0.0
Chiropractic 0.0 0.0
Communication disorders sciences and services 0.0 0.0
Dentistry 0.0 0.0
Advanced / graduate dentistry and oral sciences 0.0 0.0
Dental support services and allied professions 0.0 0.0
Health and medical administrative services 0.0 0.0
Allied health and medical assisting services 0.0 0.0
Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions 0.0 0.0
Clinical / medical laboratory science and allied professions 0.0 0.0
Health / medical preparatory programs 0.0 0.0
Medical scientist 75.0 50.0
Mental and social health services and allied professions 0.0 0.0
Nursing 66.7 100.0
Optometry 0.0 0.0
Ophthalmic and optometric support services and allied professions 0.0 0.0
Osteopathic medicine / osteopathy 0.0 0.0
Pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences and administration 0.0 0.0
Podiatric medicine / podiatry 0.0 0.0
Public health 0.0 0.0
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 0.0 0.0
Occupational therapy / therapist 0.0 0.0
Physical therapy / therapist 0.0 0.0
Other rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 0.0 0.0
Health aides / attendants / orderlies 0.0 0.0
Medical illustration and informatics 0.0 0.0
Dietetics and clinical nutrition services 0.0 0.0
Bioethics / medical ethics 0.0 0.0
Alternative and complementary medicine and medical systems 0.0 0.0
Alternative and complementary medical support services 0.0 0.0
Somatic bodywork and related therapeutic services 0.0 0.0
Movement and mind-body therapies 0.0 0.0
Energy-based and biologically-based therapies 0.0 0.0
Health professions and related clinical sciences, other 0.0 0.0
Dental residency programs 0.0 0.0
Physicians2 54.5 42.9
Medicine 0.0 0.0
Medical residency programs 54.5 42.9
Selected health-related programs 71.4 50.0
Psychology 81.8 71.4
Clinical psychology 0.0 0.0
Counselling psychology 0.0 0.0
Clinical child psychology 0.0 0.0
Health / medical psychology 0.0 0.0
Other psychology 81.8 71.4
Social work 100.0 100.0
Health and physical education / fitness 33.3 0.0
All other programs3 42.1 42.2
Other graduate level-Residency 0.0 0.0
Medical residency programs 0.0 0.0
Dental residency programs 0.0 0.0

0 true zero or a value rounded to zero

1. Excludes veterinary programs.

2. Not a standard Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) category. Physicians are comprised of Medicine and Medical residency programs.

3. Includes veterinary programs but excludes all health programs, Psychology, Social work, and Health and physical education/fitness.

Notes: With the exception of Physical therapy / therapist and Occupational therapy / therapist, type of program is defined using the 2- or 4-digit level of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP). See Appendix 3 for more details. Data for medicine programs and medical residency programs are not consistent with those published by the Association of Faculties of Medicine Canada and the Canadian Post-M.D. Education Registry, respectively. Future work is required to understand these inconsistencies.

To ensure the confidentiality of responses, a random rounding process is applied to the data. As a result, when these data are summed or grouped, the total value may not match the sum of the individual values, since total and subtotals are independently rounded. Similarly, percentage distributions, which are calculated on rounded data, may not necessarily add up to 100%.

Source: Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS), Statistics Canada.